'It is this: however bad the woman whom one happens to possess may be, be certain it is always possible to find a worse.' 'It is also possible to find a better,' I suggested.
'Be not so sure of that!' said Suleyman.

'There are three several kinds of women in the world, who all make claim to be descended from our father Noah.

But the truth is this: Our father Noah had one daughter only, and three men desired her; so not to disappoint the other two, he turned his donkey and his dog into two girls, whom he presented to them, and that accounts for the three kinds of women now to be observed.

The true descendants of our father Noah are very rare.' 'How may one know them from the others ?' I inquired.
'By one thing only.

They will keep your secret.